Clothes-drier



P.y D. RIORDAN.

CLOTHES DRIER.

-APPLICATIQN FILED OCT. 30, 1919. Kv,

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P. DVRIORDAN CLOTHES DRIER.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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A TTURNE YS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK D. RIORDAN, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Y To all whom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that I, PATRICK D. RroRDAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of yards, verandas andV similar places, where Vall parts of the drier are accessible to the operator. The construction is such thatr while the drier may be stored away in a very Small space when not in use, the drier, when setup in operative position, willsupport a number jof articles of clothing.

The drier may be made of a very small size, so that it may be used as a toy clothes drier, and this small clothes drier may be used by children not only as a means for drying dolls and babies dresses, but it may also be used as a dolls bed, rocker or swing.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which the preferred form of my invention is described.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my clothes drier in operative position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view showing the clothes drier folded so that it may be stored away in a very small space;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional fragmentary view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary sectional views showing modified forms of means for holding the cord secured to the inner frame in fixed position relatively to the outer frame.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that an open frame 10 is provided having a transverse upper member 11, sides 12 and a transverse bottom member 13, the bottom of the sides 12 extending below the transverse bottom member 18 Disposed below and pivoted to the transverse bottom member 13 there is a foot 14, which may be folded in the same longitudinal plane with the frame 10 as shown in Fig. 4 of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted Sept 28, 1920 Application fued october sa, 1919.

Serial N0. 334,500.

drawings, or may be disposed at right angles to the transverse bottom member 13, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings. The sides 15 of the inner frame 16 are pivoted intermediate of their ends to the sides 12 of the frame 10, the pivots being bolts 17, which are disposed through openings 18 in the side members 15 of the frame 16 and through openings 19 in the sides 12 of the frame 10, nuts 2O engaging the outer threaded ends of the bolts 17 to hold the bolts in place.

As best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the ends 21 of the frame 16 have recesses 22 with orifices 23 leading to the recesses 22, through which is disposed the clothes line 24, this clothes line extending back and forth from one end 21 of the frame 16 to the said frames other end, this being best shown in the Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. The recesses 22 in the ends 21 of the frame 16 are closed by slats 25. The frame 16 may be disposed in a horizontal position as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, so that the clothes may be hung on the clothes line 24 to dry, but when it is desired to store the clothes drier away, the frame 16 may be folded in the longitudinal. plane of the frame 10, as is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and the foot 14 may also be folded in the same longitudinal plane of the frame 10.

As a means of holding the frame 16 in a horizontal position, I employ a cord 26, the ends 27 of which are secured to the ends 21 of the frame 16, this cord 26 extending through an opening 2S in a bolt 29, which is preferably disposed through an opening 30 in the upper transverse member 11 of the frame 10. .A washer 31 is disposed on the bolt 29 and against the cord 26, and this washer may be pressed against the cord 26 by a nut 32 which will prevent the cord 26 from sliding through the opening 28 in the bolt and will, therefore. serve to hold the frame 16 in an adjusted horizontal position. In some cases it will be desirable to secure the cord 26 at the bottom member 13 instead of at the upper transverse member 11, and in Fig. 7, I illustrate a modified construction, the cord 26 passing through an opening 28a in the bolt 29a, this bolt 29a also serving as a pivot for the foot 14, the washer 31 and the nut 32 being the same construction as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawlngs.

In Fig. 6, I illustrate another means of securing the cord 26, the cord in this figure passing through orifices l1a in the upper transverse member 11, the cord 26 being en-` gaged by a Washer 32 mounted on a bolt 34, the vbolt 34 being disposed in an opening 35 in the transverse ,upper member 11 and the'washer 33 being pressed against the Y be disposed on the frame 16 andthe lines 24, so that when the drier is 'made ofv a small size, it may be used with this. mattress or cushion as a dolls bed, rocker or swing. f

Having thus described my invention What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. ln a clothes drier, an open frame, a second open frame smaller than the rst 'frame and pivoted intermediate of its ends inthe iirst frame, a clothes line carried by the second frame, a cord secured at its ends tothe second frame and means on the first frame to clamp the cord.

2. In a clothes drier, an open frame, a

second open frame smaller than the rst frame and pivoted intermediate of its ends in the iirst frame, a clothes line carried by the second frame, a bolt secured to an end of the iirst frame and having a transverse opening, a cord extending through the opening and having its ends secured to the ends of the second frame and means mounted on the bolt for engaging the cord to prevent its movement through the opening in the'bolt. f

3. ln' a clothes drier, a quadrilateral linebearing frame pivotally mounted about midway of its sides to, and Within a similarly constructed supporting frame about midway of itsk sides; the said line-bearing frame `being rotatably suspended from the said supporting' frame by a treel roving cord; means for guiding and clamping the said cord and thus fixing the said linebear ing frame in the horizontal or clothes-dryling position; and adjustable means for securing the said supporting frame in' the standing or upright position, the pivotal mounting permitting the folding ofA the linebearing frame Within the sup rting frame.

PATRICK D. IORDAN. 

